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Lidewij Niezink, Ph.D., and Katherine Train, Ph.D.

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Lidewij Niezink, Ph.D., is an independent scholar and practitioner focused on the development of empathy in all its aspects. She is a co-founder of Empathic Intervision, an author, and an Applied Psychology teacher with a Ph.D. from the University of Groningen in The Netherlands. She develops evidence-based interventions and education for diverse organizations and writes and speaks on empathy for scientific, professional, and lay publics. Katherine Train, Ph.D., is an independent scholar and practitioner. She researches, writes about, and educates on presence and empathy with a special interest in embodiment. As co-founder and co-director of Empathic Intervision, she develops learning materials and presents training for empathy in organizations. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cape Town, Graduate School of Business, where she researched compassion capability in resource-limited organizations characterized by ethnic, socio-economic, and educational diversity.

Recent Posts
Well-being Programs Should Build Relatedness and Connection

Effective well-being programs at work need to build interrelatedness and connection. Empathy routines are a good way to do so.

Effective well-being programs at work need to build interrelatedness and connection. Empathy routines are a good way to do so.

Dealing with Contradictory Views

Are you troubled by deep divisions with people you care about over Covid beliefs and choices? Imaginative empathy can help bridge the divide.

Are you troubled by deep divisions with people you care about over Covid beliefs and choices? Imaginative empathy can help bridge the divide.

An Overview of Integrative Empathy

If empathy is so important to people, then why is there such a shortage of connection, mutual understanding, and respect for each other’s diversity today?

If empathy is so important to people, then why is there such a shortage of connection, mutual understanding, and respect for each other’s diversity today?

Building Empathy Online

Are online meetings leaving you disconnected, floundering, and exhausted? Embodied empathy practices can help build rapport and mutual understanding.

Are online meetings leaving you disconnected, floundering, and exhausted? Embodied empathy practices can help build rapport and mutual understanding.

Sensing Senselessness in Online Meetings

Wondering whether to continue with online meetings? A few adjustments can help you take advantage of the benefits and overcome some drawbacks.

Wondering whether to continue with online meetings? A few adjustments can help you take advantage of the benefits and overcome some drawbacks.

Integrative Empathy for Design: From Mindset to Practice

Do you know that empathy is essential in human-centered design, but people often lack the skills to do it? Empathy can be taught and practiced—thus enhancing our design innovation.

Do you know that empathy is essential in human-centered design, but people often lack the skills to do it? Empathy can be taught and practiced—thus enhancing our design innovation.